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ICC Debate on Zim Put Back to Thursday

Wed, 02/07/2008 - 15:16 — maehara

The ICC had been expected to decide Zimbabwe's fate today, but after discussions over the "official" result of the abandoned England-Pakistan Test match ran on somewhat the debate has now been shelved until tomorrow.

The latest comments from Ray Mali also confirm that the discussion will now focus on playing standards:

"It's not a political issue, it's a cricket issue. We are not the ones to debate on politics. It's not about Zimbabwe's membership in the ICC, either. Not at all. What we are concerned about is how to strengthen the game in Zimbabwe, how to encourage more cricketing interaction with them at any level."

Looks like the "sport and politics don't mix" lobby have won the day - although that may yet prove insufficient to save Zimbabwe's place in cricket's top tier.

Comments

Thu, 03/07/2008 - 07:31 — dr.situ

The scenario is easy to

The scenario is easy to judge. It seems in all probability that Chingoka will maintain his sunshine smile and Zim will emerge unscathed once again. Its pretty easy to guess what to follow after topmost agenda on the list is shifted further to last day.
However, i wuld like the readers of this fab site to read two impressive articles in CricInfo Magazine.
First one by the living legend of Zim, John Traicos in CricInfo Magazine-Don't punish cricket for Mugabe's sins.
And the second one by guest Mukul Kesavan-The politics of morality.

Thu, 03/07/2008 - 10:10 — maehara

Link to Mukul Kesavan's

Link to Mukul Kesavan's article, to make life easier for anyone wanting to read it. It's a very good piece, with a lot of good points.